Press quotes

  • UK and France: Relations between London and Paris
    BBC Daily politics, 10 February 2013

    Charles Grant speaks to David Thompson about how the UK and France are getting along better these days (at 1.42).

  • European leaders agree, finally, to a lower budget
    The New York Times, 08 February 2013

    "The budget negotiations are the most visible sign of member states winning and losing from the European Union," said Hugo Brady, a senior research fellow at the CER, a research organization. "The result is a totally parochial budget that is poorly adapted to rapidly changing times."

  • Alemania y el Reino Unido o el nuevo eje europeo
    BBC Mundo, 07 February 2013

    "La política alemana de la posguerra se basa en la idea de una integración profunda con el resto de Europa. Por razones históricas, Alemania es muy reticente a liderar y prefiere actuar en el marco de la Unión Europea. El Reino Unido es exactamente lo opuesto", señaló a BBC Mundo Katinka Barysch del CER.

  • Dansk EU-rabat kan koste dyrt
    Information, 06 February 2013

    John Springford, ekspert i EU’s budget ved London-tænketanken CER, peger på, at det netop ikke kun er penge, men også indflydelsen på de reformer, der ligger i budgetforslaget, som kan blive svækket, når et land stiller ultimative krav.

  • 'Reino Unido precisa se reposicionar com relação à UE', diz economista
    Globo News, 01 February 2013

    "A principal motivação do discurso e da proposta de um referendo é silenciar a oposição do Partido Conservador. O medo deles é que os eleitores passem para a extrema direita", diz a economista do CER Katinka Barysch.

  • In or out of the Union?
    Global Times, 31 January 2013

    Charles Grant, director of the London-based think-tank the CER, pointed out that the essence of the "Brexit" (British exit) threat could be summed up as "give us what we want, by the deadline that we specify, or we may well leave the EU."

  • Interview with Charles Grant
    HRT International, 30 January 2013

    Charles Grant, director of the CER dicusses David Cameron's EU speech on Croatian television.

  • Why combat role for US women could reverberate worldwide
    Christian Science Monitor, 29 January 2013

    "In many European countries, there are more restrictions on the duties women can perform in the armed forces than in the US. As a result, women play less of a prominent role," says Clara O'Donnell, of the CER.

  • Cameron's EU negotiations: How to spot if he's doing a good job
    Politics.co.uk, 28 January 2013

    "The talks are not likely to lead to agreement but it's conceivable they will," Stephen Tindale of the CER, says. "Either a freeze or a real terms cut would be an early sign of how much negotiating success Cameron can have in Europe."

  • Britain's trade deficit as worrying as its budget deficit
    The Guardian, 28 January 2013

    Britain's poor record in exporting to the fast-growing economies of the developing world is said to be the reason for this weak performance. That's wrong, according to Simon Tilford, of the CER [in this insight article].